According to officials familiar with the situation, Shelton’s prepared testimony was leaked in advance to the company. And the White House asked the general to alter the testimony to add two points: that the general supported the White House policy to add more broadband for commercial use; and that the Pentagon would try to resolve the questions around LightSquared with testing in just 90 days. Shelton chafed at the intervention, which seemed to soften the Pentagon’s position and might be viewed as helping the company as it tries to get the project launched, officials said.

However the content of the general's testimony is unknown. So the requested changes might just have been to add that the White House has a policy to add more broadband for commercial use, for example. So this might be a bunch of hoopla about nothing.

We'll find out.

Some people are suspicious.

“There was an attempt to influence the text of the testimony and to engage LightSquared in the process in order to bias his testimony,” Rep. Mike Turner (R-OH) told The Daily Beast.

Turner, who serves as the chairman of the House Armed Services subcommittee, told The Daily Beast that the only people involved in Shelton's testimony preparation were the Department of Defense, the White House and the Office Management and Budget.

His Congressional panel now wants to know if the White House pressured the general to materially change his testimony. That's the question.